“You abandoned me in the middle of the night! You left me alone for five years!” Maya hissed as he lifted his hand to touch where her slap had left its mark. “I left to protect you! I left because I love you!” Nathaniel protested in a futile attempt to defend himself. —————————————————— Five years ago, Nathaniel De La Rue found love and a new life in Arlington City, but his past soon caught up with him and forced him to leave behind everything he had built, including his beloved Maya Miller. Now, Nathaniel is done running. He must confront his past to protect those that matter the most to him. After fighting for his right to live and accepting his rightful place in the De La Rue family, he finally returns to Arlington City. However, upon his return, Nathaniel finds that his world is not the same as he left it. Maya, the woman he loves, is engaged to another man. His best friend now works for the man who stole Maya from him. Furthermore, the woman who had cared for Nathaniel like a mother is being abused by her husband. It’s as if he has to start from scratch. But things have changed. This time he has the De La Rue Family by his side.
Carlton Miller looked around his hospital room as he watched his children and grandchildren fuss over him.
He knew that most of them were only eager to help so that they could secure their inheritance. It was a wonder to him that they could keep fooling themselves into thinking that he didn't know.
It was so obvious when one of them had impure intentions. Their scheming and plotting had been an age-old tradition in families like theirs, he had hoped that he could bring up his children differently, but it seemed that he had somehow failed.
There were a few, however, that he knew were honest and kind, like his eldest, Edmond whom he had decided would inherit the company after him.
"Okay, visitation hours are over," a nurse said as she entered the room.
"What?!" Harold asked in a pissed-off tone. "Since when did the Presidential suite of the Arlington National Hospital have a cut-off to its visitation hours?"